Chapter 989 - 991: Unfilial Son (2)
Mo Ziqi felt Fei’er’s touched gaze, but he did not respond to her. Instead, he kept staring at Empress Mo, who was staring back at him. Aunt and nephew were locked in an eye contest, as if they were measuring and resisting each other with their expressions. After a while, Empress Mo shifted her eyes away, let out a cold laugh, and turned towards the Old Madame and Lady Wu.
"Mother, marriage is a matter of parents’ orders and matchmakers’ words. Are you going to let him make trouble like this?"
The Old Madame said with difficulty, "Your Majesty, you are not unaware of this child’s temperament, both stinky and tough, stubborn to the point where not even ten cows could pull him back. If it were possible for our family to make the decision for him, he would have gotten married four or five years ago. Could we have waited until today?"
Lady Wu added laughingly on the side, "Speaking of which, neither his father nor I are like that. I really don’t know who this boy takes after. He is even comparable to King Qin’s temperament!"
Having long resided in the Deep Palace, Empress Mu was an expert at scheming and could easily discern the subtext in Lady Wu’s words—that she was implying Empress Mo could not control her own son but wanted to meddle in his marriage affairs. Indeed, this angered Empress Mo greatly.
She said, "Marriage is not child’s play. The day I made the decision to propose to the Mu Family on behalf of that unfilial son, I was deceived by him and made a foolish decision in a moment of confusion. Now that I have seen the true colors of the Mu family’s daughter, how can I continue to make mistakes? Mother and sister-in-law, rest assured, I will definitely set things right and dissolve Yi’er’s marriage. I hope that Mother and sister-in-law will not be confused and blindly let the younger generation make trouble!"
"Yes!"
The Old Madame and Lady Wu stood up, answering respectfully. While replying, they also worriedly glanced at Lady Du and Fei’er.
Fei’er, having received Mo Ziqi’s promise, was indifferent to the Empress’s slanders. She was only worriedly looking at her mother, Lady Du, who was terrified, sitting there nervous and restless as if on pins and needles, not knowing whether to sit or stand.